New Bus Line Proposal Moves Through Village Board
Village board considers Stop and Go light costs at Indiana avenue crossing with automatic and hand control. Sidewalk grade requested for Pohlers Court. water meters for duplexes debated, no action. Firemen insurance options discussed with $112.50 annual premium. $1000 death benefit, $15 weekly indemnity for injury. Heating plant bids held over pending pipe correction details. Coal contracts awarded. thistle control and street macadamization planned. Bus line extension sought through Calumet City and Riverdale to Blue Island with prior application. ordinance required.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tendent Woods
Pennsylvania
Palmer
Indiana Avenue
Suhr
Messrs. Gibson and
Klaege
Pohlers Court
Miller
Shepard
Shepard Realtors
William F. Propper
Erffmeyer
Board of Local Improvements
Geo. Hardin
O’brien
Acme Steel Co
Bishop
Acme
Shappe Bus Line
Calumet City
Riverdale
Hammond
Dalton
Blue Island
138Th Street
Halsted
Perm
Street and Alley Committee
Riverdale Board Approves Traffic Light Plan Revisions
Riverdale officials meet in regular session with President Price absent. Trustee Bonse serves as president pro tem. The drainage budget is insufficient to proceed with sewer work. Lighting plans include eight inch Bulls Eye red lights at 140th street crossing and an arc light center, tested 90 days, plus four Stop and Go signals at key crossings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Riverdale Board
Price
Koehler
Bonse
Gruhlke
Bishop
Hazen
Reich and
Lambert
I. C
Dolton Board
R. R
Indiana Harbor Belt
140Th Street
Indiana Avenue
138Th Street
188Th Street
Riverdale
Dalton
City of Chicago
Schaefer
Reichart reunion and moves noted in Lansing area
A Reichart reunion occurred near the Iroquois river in Watseka Ill, with attendees including Mrs Gustave Bock and Frank Bradlay. Nearby, Mrs Mary E Sanger and daughter Phyllis Hayden relocated to Prairie Home Mo. The Thomas Mathieson family plan to move to Ridgewood Ave Brantwood around August 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ridgewood Avenue
Brantwood
Sam VanderVeen
Indiana Avenue
Oak Glen
Louis Pagels
Valparaiso
Mr. Pagel
Edw. Krumm
Minnesota
Chas Knipp
W. A. Knipp
Peru
Ind
Ben Shropshire
Hammond
H. C. Shaw
LaCrosse
Indiana
W. E. Nichols
Steinbachs
North Torrence Avenue
Moon and Mars Colors Stimulate Celestial Debate
A Carnegie Institution panel in Washington says the moon appears silvery due to sky contrast, but its true color is dull brown from weathered rocks. Mars may look red from atmospheric filtering and possible red vegetation causes debated by astronomers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mars
Carnegie Institution
Washington
B. J. Gounod
Amateur Astronomers’ Association
Earth
Popular Science Monthly
By H. G. Wills 13822 Edbrooke Avenue
Riverdale advertiser H G Wills lists contact details at 13822 Edbrooke Avenue with a Riverdale phone number 551 for inquiries or commissions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edbrooke Avenue
Riverdale
New Gas Tank at Blue Island Powers Southern Suburbs
The Public Service Company of Northern Illinois placed a 10 million cubic foot gas holder on Thornton Road Blue Island near the electric plant. The 337 foot tall structure with an 220 foot diameter stores gas under low pressure for steady city supply and serves Blue Island Harvey Chicago Heights Homewood Riverdale and Dalton with a night visible landmark.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Public Service Company of Northern
Public Service Company
Maywood
Blue Island
Weaving Fragments Show Ancient Clothcraft Ancient Mummies
Fragments of woven cloth wrapped around ancient mummies indicate weaving dates back to at least 8900 B.C. Researchers identify patterns and fibers suggesting long standing textile craft in early civilizations.
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Flossmoor
P. O
Glenwood
Hardesty & Sink
Radcliffe
Chicago
West 144Th Street
Leyden Avenue
A. C. Reich
Oaklawn
Dick Hemingway
Ill
John Ravesfoot, Jr
State Street
South Holland
Harvey
Atlantic Street
Dolton
Park Avenue
Art. Harms, Dolton
East 138Th Street
Wabash Avenue
Rahn Construction Co
Irving Avenue
August C. Reich
Richard Sterk
128Th Street
Cottage Grove Avenue
G. P. Paarlberg
167Th Street
Torrence Avenue
H. E H. Cotton
Lincoln Avenue
Beeman Tractor
Gilbert Vanderaa
Oakley Ave
Bargain
J. A. Pickett
Chicago and
Engle Street
Robbin’s Food Shop
Chicago St
Frank C. Ott
Lansing
H. G. Wills
Public Service Co
Chas. W. Esson
Grant Park
Anthony Basile
Lincoln Ave
Lyp
Henry W. Schnoor
Dolton Majestic Electric
George Tuch
Peter Farney
Aspen Kruiter
Indiana Ave
Kettler
Riverdale Pharmacy
Ernest Kettler
R. Ph
East 137Th Street
Riverdale, Ill
Junor
Tel. Pullman
M. Dykstra & Sons
Wallace St
Green St
Carl Dieck
Sundberg
Halsted St. Vincennes
Gladstone
Joseph Kavlak
East
137Th Street
K. L. Sherrill
Leyden Ave
WM. C. Zesch & Son
Ween
Avalon Ave
Saginaw
William Lotz
Isaac Shilling
Harvey 317J. EE
159Th Street
Holland
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